LARENTIINAE in Australia GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

LARENTIINAE eggs

LARENTIINAE caterpillars

LARENTIINAE pupae

LARENTIINAE moths

LARENTIINAE undersides

LARENTIINAE forewings

Some notable species of the 271 Australian named species in LARENTIINAE are :

Acodia pauper
Aepylopha thalassia

Anachloris subochraria : Golden Grass Carpet
Anachloris tofocolorata : Sandstone Carpet
Anachloris uncinata : Hook-winged Carpet

Anomocentris capnoxutha
Anomocentris crystallota
Anomocentris trissodesma : Tented Carpet

Antimimistis illaudata

Aplocera plagiata : St. John's Wort Inchworm

Aponotoreas dascia : Dascia Carpet
Aponotoreas epicrossa : Chequered Carpet
Aponotoreas petrodes : Grey-lined Carpet

Austrocidaria erasta : Green Carpet

Calluga costalis

Chaetolopha decipiens
Chaetolopha emporias : Small Forest Carpet
Chaetolopha leucophragma : Forest Carpet
Chaetolopha niphosticha : Dark Forest Carpet
Chaetolopha oxyntis : Triangle Forest Carpet
Chaetolopha pseudooxyntis

Chloroclystis approximata : Plumed or Cherry Looper
Chloroclystis catastreptes : Green and Brown Carpet
Chloroclystis elaeopa
Chloroclystis filata : Filata Moth
Chloroclystis gonias
Chloroclystis guttifera
Chloroclystis insigillata : Insigillated Carpet
Chloroclystis metallospora
Chloroclystis mniochroa
Chloroclystis pallidiplaga
Chloroclystis plinthochyta
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha

Chrysolarentia actinipha : Sharp-angled Carpet
Chrysolarentia adornata : Adorned Carpet
Chrysolarentia aglaodes : Kosciuszko Carpet
Chrysolarentia aprepta : Brown Carpet
Chrysolarentia arachnitis : Small Finely-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia argocyma : White-waved Carpet
Chrysolarentia bertha : Tasmanian Carpet
Chrysolarentia bichromata : Two-toned Carpet
Chrysolarentia cataphaea : Plain Mountain Carpet
Chrysolarentia chrysocyma : Small Radiating Carpet
Chrysolarentia conifasciata : Broad-banded Carpet
Chrysolarentia correlata : Yellow Carpet
Chrysolarentia cryeropa : Tan Carpet
Chrysolarentia cydalima : Glorious Carpet
Chrysolarentia decisaria : Grassland Looper
Chrysolarentia epicteta : Lorne Carpet
Chrysolarentia euclidiata : Euclidean Carpet
Chrysolarentia euphileta : Well-loved Carpet
Chrysolarentia gypsomela : Gypsum Carpet
Chrysolarentia hedylepta : Bright Carpet
Chrysolarentia heliacaria : Heliacaria Carpet
Chrysolarentia heteroleuca : White-patched Carpet
Chrysolarentia heterotropa : White-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia imperviata : Elusive Carpet
Chrysolarentia insulsata : Insipid Carpet
Chrysolarentia interruptata : Boxed Carpet
Chrysolarentia leptophrica : Rippled Carpet
Chrysolarentia leucophanes : Pale-tipped Carpet
Chrysolarentia leucozona : White-zoned Carpet
Chrysolarentia lucidulata : Lucid Carpet
Chrysolarentia mecynata : Mecynata Carpet
Chrysolarentia melanchlaena : Dark-cloaked Carpet
Chrysolarentia microcyma : Finely-marked Carpet
Chrysolarentia nephodes : High-country Carpet
Chrysolarentia opipara : Sumptuous Carpet
Chrysolarentia orthropis : Plain Carpet
Chrysolarentia oxygona : Clear-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia panochra : Pale Carpet
Chrysolarentia pantoea : Variable Carpet
Chrysolarentia perialla : Perialla Carpet
Chrysolarentia perornata : Ornate Carpet
Chrysolarentia persimilis : Similar Carpet
Chrysolarentia phaedra : Elegant Carpet
Chrysolarentia phaeoxutha : Dark Carpet
Chrysolarentia phaulophanes : Dark Carpet
Chrysolarentia plagiocausta : Black-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia plesia : Plesia Carpet
Chrysolarentia poliophasma : Grey Carpet
Chrysolarentia polycarpa : Large Radiating Carpet
Chrysolarentia polyxantha : Yellow Carpet
Chrysolarentia psarodes : Psarodes Carpet
Chrysolarentia ptochopis : Three-barred Carpet
Chrysolarentia rhynchota : Rhynchota Carpet
Chrysolarentia severata : Finely-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia squamulata : Scaled Carpet
Chrysolarentia stereozona : Medium Radiating Carpet
Chrysolarentia subrectaria : Straight-lined Carpet
Chrysolarentia symphona : Harmonious Carpet
Chrysolarentia tacera : Tacera Carpet
Chrysolarentia tristis : Gloomy Carpet
Chrysolarentia trygodes : Variable Carpet
Chrysolarentia vicissata : Vicissata Carpet

Cleptocosmia mutabilis

Collix ghosha
Collix multifilata

Crasilogia gressitti

Papuanticlea horia

Pasiphilodes testulata : Pome Looper

Phrissogonus laticostata : Apple Looper

Poecilasthena anthodes : Orange-grounded Delicate
Poecilasthena balioloma : Stitched Delicate
Poecilasthena cisseres : Ivy-green Delicate
Poecilasthena euphylla : Olive Delicate
Poecilasthena fragilis : Fragile Delicate
Poecilasthena pellucida : Pale Delicate
Poecilasthena pisicolor
Poecilasthena pulchraria : Australian Cranberry Moth
Poecilasthena scoliota
Poecilasthena sthenommata
Poecilasthena thalassias : Sea-blue Delicate
Poecilasthena urarcha : Broad-pointed Delicate
Poecilasthena xylocyma

Polyclysta hypogrammata

Sauris lichenias
Sauris malaca
Sauris melanosterna
Sauris plumipes

Scotocyma albinotata
Scotocyma rutilimixta

Symmimetis muscosa
Symmimetis sylvatica

Tephroclystia aphanes
Tephroclystia melanolopha

Tympanota perophora : Podocarpus Moth

Visiana brujata : Brujata Carpet
Visiana excentrata : Brown-caped Carpet

Xanthorhoe anaspila : Dark-patch Carpet
Xanthorhoe anthracinata : Black-barred Carpet
Xanthorhoe emmelopis
Xanthorhoe percrassata : Broad-barred Carpet
Xanthorhoe strumosata : Strumosata Carpet
Xanthorhoe vacuaria : Vacuaria Carpet
Xanthorhoe xanthospila : Yellow-spotted Carpet
Xanthorhoe xerodes : Xerodes Carpet

Ziridava rufinigra
Ziridava xylinaria : Indistinct Carpet

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(updated 12 February 2012, 4 November 2018, 24 December 2019, 4 November 2020, 26 October 2021, 9 March 2022)